Dear all, The acceptance period for candidates for the open seat in the At-Large Adivsory Committee (ALAC) ended on September 28th and resulted in two candidates standing for election: Mrs Hawa Diakité Mr Philemon Kissangou In accordance with the election timeline announced by the Secretariat on September 8th ( see http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/afri-discuss_atlarge-lists.icann.or g/2008q3/000633.html), the election period will start now and run until October 19th at 2359 UTC. The winner of this election will be announced on October 20th. The question to be put will be: ³Which candidate shall be elected Member of the At-Large Advisory Committee with a term to commence at the conclusion of the ICANN Annual General Meeting for 2008, and expiring at the conclusion of the ICANN AGM in 2010?² With possible answers: Hawa Diakité (incumbent) Jean Philemon Kissangou Abstain If biographies we received in advance of the election they are linked to the ballot. The election will be conducted via the BigPulse online voting system. Each ALS representatives will shortly receive an email with his or her voting credentials sign-in name and password). There will be a link in that email that should lead you to the login page. The representatives of the following ALSes are allowed to vote in this election, with each ALS having one vote: ISOC-Benin ISOC Burundi Anais, AC ISOC DRC Centre de Promotion et de Vulgarisation de l'informatique Association Congolaise des Utilisateurs de Logiciels Libres (ACOULL) CAFEC-Centre Africain d'Echange Culturel African Youth Foundation ISOC-Mali Moroccan Internet Society (MISOC) SchoolNet Africa South African Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-ZA) Sudan Internet Society/ALAC Nigerian Internet Users Coalition (NIUC) Journalists' Union for Science & Technology Advancement in Africa (JUSTA-AFRICA) Tunisian Internet Society Moroccan Association of Civil Society for Information Society (MACIS) AFRALO Secretariat Election The nominations for the AFRALO Secretariat resulted in only one candidate being nominated. The Staff understand that as a consequence, the incumbent Didier Kasole has been reappointed as the AFRALO Secretariat. Congratulations Didier! Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff@atlarge.icann.org